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| ![]() Spinning Bikes on the Art Museum Steps to Support People with Autism and Intellectual DisabilitiesVision for Equality, a non-profit for people with autism and intellectual disabilities have partnered with The Sporting Club at The Bellevue for a spinning fundraiser on the Art Museum Steps in Philadelphia.
Participants sign up for a bike on http://www.VisionforEquality.org/ This event supports Vision for Equality in its efforts to help the over 16,000 people with autism and other intellectual disabilities in Pennsylvania who receive no help or guidance enabling them to be a part of the community. “Unless we provide alternative solutions many of these people will have no options but to be separated from their families and friends, uprooted from their community, and moved to an institution miles away from home, or end up homeless on the street.” says Audrey Coccia, co-executive of Vision for Equality. When: September 8, 2012 at 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. About Vision for Equality: It started with a Vision - a vision that everyone belongs in the community. Everyone deserves the right to a happy and meaningful life, and everyone’s voice should be heard. Vision for Equality was created in 1996 to support people with disabilities and their families. What we take for granted: the sense of belonging and acceptance for who we are; having the power, authority and resources to control our own destiny; and having the options and security in our lives are not the norm for people with disabilities. The founders of Vision for Equality vowed to change that reality, and to empower individuals and families. Today Vision for Equality supports over 350,000 people across Pennsylvania and the USA. End
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